Software Engineer, Emerging Product - USDS

Responsibilities

The Emerging Product Engineering Team is the incubator for Tik Tok USDS JV's newest ventures in the US market. We are responsible for the end-to-end technical success of a diverse portfolio of non‑Tik Tok applications, including Trae, Gauth, and MyTopia, as well as a growing pipeline of new products. We operate with a strong "0→1" mindset, prioritizing agility, rapid iteration, and creative problem‑solving to build and scale products.

Now we are looking for a Software Engineer who thrives in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments and is passionate about building new businesses from the ground up. In this role, you will develop foundational services that enable our emerging products to successfully launch, localize, and scale in the U.S. Market.

• Core Service Development:
  Design, build, and deploy production‑grade, highly concurrent services.
• System Scalability & Reliability:
  Implement best practices for ensuring system reliability, performance tuning, and optimizing application efficiency under heavy load.
• Infrastructure and Operations:
  Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and integrate services with monitoring and logging tools.
• Architectural Design:
  Participate in technical design reviews, identifying and addressing technical debt, and defining future system architecture to support long‑term growth.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline with industry experience.
• 1+ years experience as a software engineer with proven contributions to team‑based projects, ideally in a collaborative role.
• Solid programming skills, proficient in C/C++ and Python with a strong grasp of data structure and algorithms.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, concurrent programming, and microservices architecture.

USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at

Compensation:
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $129,960 – $246,240 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: